The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-01
WHOLE No. 1920

his ellow-citizens in speeches Of glowing
eloquence, burning with zeal and devo-
ton to the cause of the UnioH. In No.
vember, 1868 he succeeded Gen. Sher-
man in the command of the Fifteenth
Army Corps, aud spent the following
winter at Huntsville, Ala In May, 1864,
General Logan Joined the grand Military
DIVISION of the Mississippi, which, under
General Sherman, was preparing for it's
march into Georgia. He led the advance
of the Army of the Tennessee in the
movement at Resaca; taking part in the
battle which followed; and still moving
on the right, met and repulsed Hardee's
veterans at Dalton, May %, drove the
enemy from three lines of works at Kene-
saw Mountain, and on the 9th of June
made a desperate assault against the i'm
pregnable force Of Little Kenesaw. On
the 22d of July, at the terrible battle of
Atlanta, General Logan, fighting at one
moment on one side of his works and
the next on the other, was informed of
the death, in another part of the field, of
the beloved General Mcpherson. AS
suming the temporary command, Gen.
Logan dashed impetuously from one end
to the other of his hardly pressed lines,
shouting aloud the name of Mcpherson,
and calling on his troops to avenge his
death. His emotion communicated it
self to his troops with the rapidity of
lightning, and 600 Confederates killed
and wounded, left upon the field at night
fall, bore mute witness to their love for
their fallen chief and the daring bravery
of his successor. General Logan was
again conspicuous at the obstinately- con-
tested battle of Ezra Chapel, July %,
and with his troops co operated in the
subsequent battles of the campaign until
the fall OF Atlanta, when they went into
summer quarters. After a few months
spent in stumping the Western States, to
make sure of the reelection of Lincoln
in the Presidential campaign of 1864,
General Logan rejoined his corps at Saw
annah, Georgia, shared the fatigues and
honors of SheIman's march through the
Carolinas, fighting his corps against the
troops of Johnston aJ Beutou's Cross
roads, and, after Johnston's surrender,
marched to Alexandria, and with bis
brave veterans participated in the great
review of the national armies at Wash
ington, LAY %, on which day General
Logan was advanced to the command of
the Army of the Tennessee, to succeed
General Howard.
In Grants winter campaign in Miss
issippi and in the siege of Nicksburg
Logan bore a conspicuous part, and his
bravery as leader was proverbial. In
the battle OF Champion Hill Gen. Grant
sent an aide to inquire whether Logan
could not push his men forward little
Logan's profane and characteristic reply
was: Tell General Grant my division
can whip all the rebels this side of HI,
and will push forward till he gives US
orders to halt
The displacement of Logan from pc
sition which lie had earned, and the pro-
motion of Howard to McPherson's place.
was blow from which tho Genera
never recovered. 1t came very near de-
prrving the army of one of its most gal
liant and valuable officers He considered
it a cruel an uncalled-for humiliation,
and but for the entreaties of friends
would have rendered his resignation.
But he remained with the army until
| the evacuation of Atlanta, when he went
to Illinois to stump the state for Lincoln.
After the election he returned to camp,
and led his corps in the remarkable cam
paign through the Carolinas. After the
surrender OF Johnston he marched his
men to Alexandria, and rode at their head
in the grand review at Washington.
HIS POLITICAL CAREER